Reuters
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Ian Watkins, the previous frontman of Welsh rock band Lostprophets who was serving a 35-year sentence for child sex offenses, has been killed in prison by one other inmate, British media reported on Saturday.
Watkins, 48, was serving his sentence at Wakefield Prison in northern England.
“At 9.39am this morning (Saturday), police were called by staff at HMP Wakefield reporting an assault on a prisoner,” West Yorkshire Police stated in an announcement.
“Emergency services attended and the man was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.” The assertion didn’t title Watkins.
Police didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.
Watkins was convicted in 2013 after pleading responsible to 13 prices. He had admitted two tried rapes, sexually assaulting a child underneath 13, aiding and abetting the sexual assault of a child underneath 13, conspiring to rape a child underneath 13 and conspiring to sexually assault one other child underneath 13.
He had additionally pleaded responsible to 6 counts of taking and possessing indecent pictures of youngsters and one in every of possessing excessive pornographic pictures.